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The Founders knew defense was important, which is why they made it a central part of the governmentâs. In his paper, âThe Price of Liberty: Providing for the Common Defense,â Matthew Spalding explains: It is the constitutional duty of the federal government to secure the countryâs international borders and preserve and protect its territorial integrity, to strengthen and preserve its constitutional government, and to promote the long-term prosperity and well-being of its people.
Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that affirmative defenses be based on knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, and cannot consist of a laundry list of all known affirmative defenses. Affirmative vs. negating defense. An affirmative defense is different from a negating defense. A negating defense is one which tends to disprove an element of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case.